Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,044
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$4,906
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,562
Missouri costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Missouri — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$32,950
Kept after tax
$28,044
Worth in national money
$30,562
State rank
43
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Missouri is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $32,950, ranking 43 of 49 states — about 10.14% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Missouri, this one sits low: 463 of 488 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $32,950 you keep $28,044 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $30,562 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $39,040, since top earners drag the number up.
- Missouri ranks 43 of 49 for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals, with a median of $32,950 — about 10.14% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals occupies position 463 of 488 in Missouri's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Missouri is $28,044 after the full tax stack, from $32,950. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $30,562 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $39,040 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $32,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,410 |
| This salary | $32,950 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Missouri | $28,044 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $28,655 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,073 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $32,189 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,298 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in Missouri earn under $32,950 and half over. The published range runs $28,600 at the tenth percentile to $57,410 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $28,044 take-home in Missouri comes from $32,950. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 463 of 488.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $30,562 uses one figure for the whole of Missouri. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 488 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 463.
- Figures are distribution medians for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in Missouri, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $28,600 to $57,410; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $28,044, from $32,950, assumes a single Missouri filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 463 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $30,562, worked from $32,950, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Missouri address, on work sitting at 463 of 488 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $39,040, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $28,600 and the top tenth $57,410 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Missouri sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $30,562 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Missouri's own levy, $28,044 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Missouri is $39,040. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($28,600) and the ninetieth ($57,410) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Missouri's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $30,562 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $28,044 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Missouri income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.